The Hollywood Reporter informs that Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba will co-star in the medical thriller "Awake," from first-time director Joby Harold. Lena Olin, Sam Robards, and Terrence Howard will also star.
"GreeneStreet Films and the Weinstein Co. are co-financing writer Joby Harold’s directorial debut, in which Christensen plays a victim of "anesthetic awareness," in which a patient remains awake but paralyzed during surgery.
Production began Oct. 31 in New York. Olin and Robards play Christensen’s parents, and Alba plays his wife, who’s facing her own demons. Howard plays the heart surgeon who leads the operation."
